[Rarebooks] FS: 1914 History of the French Feather Industry

[Joslin Hall Rare books]

Lefevre, Edmond.  "Le Commerce et l’Industrie de la Plume pour Parure"

Paris; chez l’Auteur: 1914.

My how those Art Nouveau-era ladies loved their feather-plumed hats! And
it did not start with Fin-de-Siecle Paris, either. Men and women have
always loved colorful bird plumage, as this comprehensive study
illustrates. It includes both a history of the decorative use of feathers
in fashion, and a survey of the state of the industry around the world as
it existed just before World War One, with information on leading firms,
the birds that were used, and their products. Lefevre was the President of
the Comite d’Ornithologie Economique.

Softcover. 7.5”x11”, 363 + pages, b/w illustrations; bibliography.
Original softcovers, light soil and wear; a very, very fragile book,
printed on heavy, coated stock and not meant to have been kept in
softcovers this long. Binding splitting in a few places but intact so far.
  [08598]  $375.00

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